From Topaz to Psycho: top 52 Hitchcock films

More or less a remake of The 39 Steps, re–imagined as a wartime propaganda piece à la Foreign Correspondent, and hurtling ahead through a giddily complex plot with nary a chance to draw breath, this was Hitchcock really hitting his stride as a studio–funded auteur. It's an A picture with B stars: Robert Cummings is the airport factory worker wrongly accused of fifth–column treachery, and Priscilla Lane his billboard–model sidekick. The tussle atop the Statue of Liberty provides a hair–raising signature climaxPicture: Moviestore Collection / Rex Feat